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November 9th, 2003 04:00
Latitude D500 wireless internet connection
Hi,
I've got Latitude D500 with 1.3GHz CPU WinXP Home version on it. Nice one, but there is something which is kind of annoying:
When connected to LAN through regular hard connection, there is no problem with browsing, but when it's connected through wireless device, only home page is displayed when IE starts, and then there is no way to browse internet. Status icon shows outgoing traffic, but there is no incomming traffic. Plugging the computer in to power outlet helps - some sites are displayed but in general the problem remains. I have another laptop IBM T23 with P3M 1.13 GHz with WinXP Pro on it and I never experienced any problem with internet browsing regardless of connection type.
The router is 802.11b D-Link DI-514.
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elotan
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November 20th, 2003 06:00
Vlad,
Look at the advanced settings on the wireless card and see if the power saze mode is turned on. To get to these settings, right click on the network connection and choose properties, then press the "configure" butten. Look at the advanced tab, not the power management.
The setting for "power save mode" should be disabled. If it is enabled, you get a network connection but the throughput is increadibly slow (to the point web pages timeout)
Out of interest, what card are you using?
vlad123321
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November 20th, 2003 19:00
Thanks for reply, but I already figured that out with Dell tech support - the culprit for that problem was power management of the wireless network adapter. Default settings are "auto" so when the laptop is not connected to power outlet wireless adapter has not enough juice to support stable connection. The resolution was to disable automatic power management and to set it to 100%.
Vlad